[Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] A handful of improvements to Forums to improve notification, readability, organization, and creation

[Adam Marshall]

These all look fantastic. 

adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-dev-
> bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Keli Sato Amann
> Sent: 07 December 2011 21:54
> To: Sakai Developers
> Cc: sakai-user
> Subject: [Building Sakai] A handful of improvements to Forums to improve
> notification, readability, organization, and creation
> 
> Hello,
>    Although MSGCNTR 3.0 is not out, I thought it might be worthwhile to
> mention some local work we are doing in Forums that we hope will make it to
> 3.1. The following is a list of improvements we've  made locally or are
> seriously considering taking on that we'd love to contribute. If people are
> interested in seeing these in a future release, can you vote  or comment on
> them in JIRA, as interest will affect whether they are developed and included
> in a future release?
> 
> IMPROVE NOTIFICATION OF NEW ACTIVITY (on home page and by email)
> 
> -Improve way users are alerted to unread messages on log in (short term--fix
> appearance of synoptic tool)
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-614)
> 
> -Subject line to display subject of post instead of generic message
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-619)
> 
> -Provide a link in the email notification message that goes directly to the
> thread instead of the top level of Forums
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-618)
> 
> STREAMLINE READABILITY OF HOMEPAGE
> -Consolidate new message indicators for a topic within a forum
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-616)
> 
> -Hide actions for Forum topics until hover over it
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-617)
> 
> -Collapsed or condensed view of Forums homepage that hides topics
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-586)
> 
> STREAMLINE CREATION OF NEW FORUMS OR TOPICS
> - Allow user to easily create New Forum and Topic and associate a gradebook
> item without scrolling (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-615)
> 
> ABILITY TO MOVE A THREAD TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC
> -Allow user to move off-topic discussion(s) into a more appropriate topic or a
> discussion(s) created under the wrong topic into the correct one
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-241)
> 
> RANKS
> -Allow instructional staff to identify site members by special rank  (e.g., by
> role) or by post count (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-620)
> 
> Best,
> Keli Amann (on behalf of the team here that worked on these: Jackie, Jing,
> Karen, and Lydia)
> User Experience Specialist
> Academic Computing Services, Stanford University
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